As our gluten-impaired readers know, prepared foods can be pricey for people with food restrictions. Reader Gary tried some frozen lasagna from the brand Udi’s, and found that what was in the box didn’t resemble what was shown on the box. [More]
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Celeste Hawaiian Pizzas Add Some Pineapple, Still Have Sparse Toppings
By 12.27.12
Anh shares my inexplicable love of that cheap freezer case staple, the Celeste pizza-for-one. The just-spicy-enough sauce! The crunchy crust that the likely-carcinogenic microwaving disc provides! The $1 price point! It’s not wood-fired oven pizza, but it’s one of the most edible things that comes out of a box and gets cooked in the microwave. The current line of “limited edition” pizzas tempted Anh, and he opened up a Hawaiian pizza only to find that the toppings were sparse. And it made him sad. Mama Celeste had finally steered him wrong. [More]
Package Vs. Reality: This Pepperidge Farm Milano Melts Cookie Is Severely Lacking
By 10.11.12
The cookie on the package for Pepperidge Farm’s Milano Melts “Dark Classic Creme” cookie is just oooooozing chocolate goodness. You can almost taste it. Sadly, that is all you’re likely to taste when you bite into the real thing. [More]
Am I Expecting Too Much For A Cheap Frozen Meal To Look Edible?
By 10.8.12
Erica likes to bring frozen meals to work for her lunch, and thought that she would try a new entrée from discount brand Michelina’s: an open-faced beef and mashed potato sandwich. Anything involving frozen bread and gravy would give some people misgivings, but Erica thought it sounded promising. What she got after she opened the package and microwaved it was… whatever the opposite of “promising” is. [More]
Packaging Vs. Reality: Kraft Macaroni And Cheese Cups
By 2.9.12
Jay is smart, and knows that packaged food never quite turns out the way it looks on the box. It’s not physically possible. But he was surprised, when cooking a pre-packaged cup of Kraft macaroni and cheese from Costco, that the quantity of food-like substance in the cup didn’t really measure up to what was shown on the box. Is he overreacting, or is this really an unrealistic portrayal of the food product within? [More]
